tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41549752399005378392017-08-15T18:05:11.506-07:00VOLAR RECORDSCommunity, not competition.kaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12592477946482089559noreply@blogger.comBlogger243125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154975239900537839.post-48604819745373345532017-06-21T21:26:00.000-07:002017-06-24T19:03:12.676-07:00OUT SOON! Ice Balloons - Fiesta debut LP (members of TV on the Radio, Samiam, Surfbort, Midnight Masses), OUT NOW! Tracy Bryant "Parachute" 7"! Silver Shadows "You Were Right" video!Hi there, it's been a bit. How are you? Hope your anxiety in these trying times isn't totally out of control. Take a breath. Let's listen to some tunes.
First up, the fine folks at Stereogum were nice enough to premiere "Calypso Heartworm," the first track released from the upcoming debut LP Fiesta by Ice Balloons, comprised of Kyp Malone/TV on the Radio, Sean Kennerly/Samiam, Sean Powell/Craig Oliverhttps://plus.google.com/116986167535372825122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154975239900537839.post-87921933906924234852017-03-29T23:45:00.000-07:002017-04-29T15:20:27.327-07:00OUT NOW! Debut LPs by Matt Lamkin (of the Soft Pack), Silver Shadows, Part Time/Drinking Flowers 7", OUT SOON! Tracy Bryant 7"Well, hi there. A lot's happened since the last time we posted. Really awful shit on a political and cultural level, mostly good stuff on the personal. Either way, things have been really hectic, and the Royal We have been preoccupied. But here we are with some news!
First up, we have Where I'm Matt, the excellent debut solo LP by my old buddy Matt Lamkin, frontman for the Soft Pack, who wentCraig Oliverhttps://plus.google.com/116986167535372825122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154975239900537839.post-74426330394188706392016-12-22T19:31:00.000-08:002016-12-22T19:31:23.254-08:00Flat Worms 7" on Marc Riley's (of the Fall) Best of 2016 BBC 6 show, Oh Boland LP on Pitchfork's Best of 2016, Susan LP on Dirty Laundry TV's Best of 2016, Teach Me 7" on ListenSD's Best of 2016
Happy
holidays, all, hope you get through them okay. I know this can be a
strange time of year for a number of you, myself included. Happy to be
here to share some mighty fine recent news in the land Craig Oliverhttps://plus.google.com/116986167535372825122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154975239900537839.post-26327268098491038672016-12-12T18:10:00.001-08:002016-12-12T18:13:28.750-08:00Matt Lamkin of the Soft Pack and Silver Shadows West Coast tour, Teach Me and Keepers live w/ the Spits
First off, a moment of reflection about the Oakland fires. I've been in my own state of shock and grief and am slowly getting back to focusing on this other stuff here. My thoughts go out to everyone involved. I had friends who were there that night and made it out safely; I had quite a few more who were close to going and decided not to. The first show I ever attended in the Bay was at a Craig Oliverhttps://plus.google.com/116986167535372825122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154975239900537839.post-33040001176885159112016-11-14T18:37:00.000-08:002016-11-14T18:37:14.000-08:0020% SALE w/ 100% OF ALL PROCEEDS GOING TO THE PRO-WOMEN, PRO-LGBTQ, ANTI-BIGOTRY ORGANIZATION OF YOUR CHOICE20% OFF SALE for one week with the discount code "solidarity" at the Volar Records
Bandcamp. 100% OF ALL PROCEEDS over the next week will be donated to
each customer's respective organization of choice in support of our
brothers and sisters in the Latino, African-American, Muslim, LGBTQ, and
any and all other communities under persecution at the hands of
misogynist, racist, bigoted, violentCraig Oliverhttps://plus.google.com/116986167535372825122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154975239900537839.post-48252527413999445562016-10-21T21:20:00.002-07:002016-10-21T21:32:11.453-07:00VIDEO PREMIERES/REVIEWS for Flat Worms (Thee Oh Sees/Ty Segall/Kevin Morby/the Babies) & Oh Boland, Matt Lamkin of the Soft PackWe'll try and keep this one short and sweet. LA Record was kind enough to premiere the video for "Petulance" by Flat Worms from their "Red Hot Sand" debut 7". The band and I and some friends were out in Borrego Springs/Anza Borrego shooting a video for RHS when they popped into that liquor store after dinner to grab some stuff and started dancing. Somebody filmed it, I joked about it being a Craig Oliverhttps://plus.google.com/116986167535372825122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154975239900537839.post-7779230491349666092016-10-17T18:53:00.001-07:002016-10-20T14:13:57.718-07:0020% OFF FLASH SALE NOW-FRIDAY @ MIDNIGHT!
Help me clear out my closet!
Big 'ole 20% off sale when you punch in "vamanos" at the Volar Records
Bandcamp. Releases by Shannon and the Clams, Destruction Unit, Digital
Leather, Christmas Island, Teenage Burritos, Soft Riot, Stalins of
Sound, Cosmonauts, Oh Boland, Susan, Teach Me, Matt Lamkin (of the Soft
Pack), Silver Shadows, Tiger High (members of Reigning Sound), Flat
Worms (Craig Oliverhttps://plus.google.com/116986167535372825122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154975239900537839.post-16969774966362024532016-09-30T18:10:00.000-07:002016-09-30T18:10:54.535-07:00Silver Shadows debut LP and tour, Matt Lamkin (of the Soft Pack) debut solo LP, Stalins of Sound cassette, Volar seven-year anniversary
Hey! Guess what? Tonight's Volar's seven-year anniversary at the Whistle Stop (where I work if anyone wants to come pick a fight) in San Diego. Teach Me will be playing and celebrating the release of their debut 7", and Keepers will be playing as well. Teros Gallery has put together a doozy of an art showcase. Also, WE FINALLY HAVE FUCKING SHIRTS. Only $12 at the store.
Speaking ofCraig Oliverhttps://plus.google.com/116986167535372825122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154975239900537839.post-42086808823013934442016-09-12T16:06:00.000-07:002016-09-12T16:06:20.183-07:00Debut LP and tour by Irish trio Oh Boland and debut 7" by Teach Me, solo LP by Matt Lamkin (Soft Pack)
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panose-1:2Craig Oliverhttps://plus.google.com/116986167535372825122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154975239900537839.post-75585714989403263652016-08-26T18:30:00.000-07:002016-08-26T18:30:18.970-07:00Susan video premiere and interview on What Youth, Flat Worms 7" now in stock, the Nerves on Pitchfork's Top 200 of the 70s, debut releases by Teach Me and Oh BolandHey there, lots of catching up to do here.
First thing's first, the kind folks at What Youth interviewed lovely ladies of Susan, whose debut LP Never Enough we recently released, and premiered their new video for "Somebody New." Check out the video below, and go here to read the interview.
Also exciting, we finally have our hands on the debut 7" by Flat Worms after much delay following Craig Oliverhttps://plus.google.com/116986167535372825122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154975239900537839.post-30458126794205627532016-07-14T20:06:00.001-07:002016-07-14T20:06:18.572-07:00Unherd TV feature on Volar Records and video mix, Susan CMJ debut at #182, Flat Worms 7"s shipping three weeks
The
kind folks at Unherd, including my pals Alex Zaragoza, also a great
writer for SD Citybeat, as is her work partner Jeff Terich, ran a
feature on Volar this past weekend on their Unherd TV show on ABC 10
here in SD. They were even kind of to send me a viewable clip with everything.
Also, we just got word that the Susan - Never Enough
LP debuted this week on the CMJ Craig Oliverhttps://plus.google.com/116986167535372825122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154975239900537839.post-56242914285721038572016-06-07T19:00:00.001-07:002016-06-07T19:07:58.111-07:00Flat Worms - "Red Hot Sand" Track of the Day on Radio K KUOM Minnesota!
A day late but hopefully not a dollar short--Flat Worms' "Red Hot Sand" was Track of the Day over at Radio KUOM Minnesota
yesterday. You can go download it for free through the week. Limited
color vinyl any day now, it's running way behind because of the recently announced sale of Bill Smith Custom Records'
(where I've been having stuff pressed) recent sale to United Records.
Will Ivy on Craig Oliverhttps://plus.google.com/116986167535372825122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154975239900537839.post-23286952888522958922016-05-14T15:58:00.001-07:002016-05-14T16:04:27.693-07:00Susan - "I've Been Known" video & Flat Worms "Sovereignty" video
We're incredibly to have just released the debut LP by LA all-female power-punk-pop trio Susan, Never Enough, and the nice folks over at Bitch Media and Buzzbands LA were nice enough to premiere their first video off of the album for "I've Been Known." Watch the video below and read what those outlets had to say, and order limited color vinyl.
Via Bitch Media:
by Amy Lam
Craig Oliverhttps://plus.google.com/116986167535372825122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154975239900537839.post-86627009053431923362016-04-25T16:53:00.000-07:002016-04-25T16:53:03.547-07:00Stream the full Susan - Never Enough debut LP and Flat Worms debut 7" EP "Red Hot Sand" (members of Thee Oh Sees/Kevin Morby/Dream Boys) + show
After
months of working on these records, they're both finally just about to
ready to drop, so we've got full streams of both as well as some shows
to look forward to.
Stream and order limited color vinyl of Susan - Never Enough LP.
Bandcamp
Soundcloud
The
debut album by Los Angeles trio Susan, ‘Never Enough’ follows up their
‘Just Call It’ EP released in Sept. 2014 (also on Craig Oliverhttps://plus.google.com/116986167535372825122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154975239900537839.post-42658732298862989722015-06-05T13:09:00.001-07:002015-06-05T13:23:16.075-07:00Destruction Unit, The Hussy, Growwing Pains tour news, Susan residency at Little Joy, Strange Mutations Vol. 3 7" set, Shannon and the Clams on MTV
HI.
HELLO. I've been hoping to get one of these fired off for the last
couple of months but find myself routinely buried under my real job and
other projects. Suddenly there's a million (or a healthy handful, at
least) things to tell you all about.
Website!
Soundcloud!
Store!
Bandcamp!
First
up, we'd like to announce our third volume in the Strange Mutations 7"
series, Craig Oliverhttps://plus.google.com/116986167535372825122noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154975239900537839.post-21603190112037305872015-03-18T18:52:00.002-07:002015-03-18T18:53:22.128-07:00Volar SXSW w/ Susan, Lazy, Destruction Unit, Viet Cong, Growwing Pains
So, uh, it’s Wednesday, a few days into this year’s SXSW chaos, and I’m late. Not because I’m there (third year in a row I haven’t made it out) but just because. No big reason. However, a few Volar bands are out there, and they have a few shows there and some tour dates after, so, you know, here you go. Susan, Lazy, Growwing Pains (we’re in talks to release something soon), Viet Cong (same), Craig Oliverhttps://plus.google.com/116986167535372825122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154975239900537839.post-41455181537755787732014-08-29T19:51:00.000-07:002014-08-29T20:09:31.208-07:00Five years of Volar Records! New + upcoming releases by Susan, Tiger High, Lazy, T.I.T. (Digital Leather/the Hussy)!
Holy shit! This weekend marks five years since our (again, proverbial we, this has been a one-man operation for the most part since the beginning) first release, and it's also my birthday. I'm gonna watch Beehive and the Barracudas at my place of employment tonight, and then on Sunday watch one of my all-time absolute favorite bands, Drive Like Jehu, reunite for five songs, and then watch my Craig Oliverhttps://plus.google.com/116986167535372825122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154975239900537839.post-52699241310035928742014-07-10T17:19:00.000-07:002014-07-10T17:19:36.699-07:00VOLAR 2014 w/ Susan, Tiger High, TIT (Digital Leather/Hussy collab), Curriculum Vitae, Viet Cong (members of Women/Sharp Ends), Crooked Bangs, Lazy, Northern Tigers, etc.
After a crazy couple of years in more ways than one, 2014's been a little quiet so far on our end. We played catch up from late last year with 7"s by Fine Steps and Lenz and LPs by Tropical Popsicle and Soft Riot, and re-presses of records by Lenguas Largas, Digital Leather, Shannon and the Clams, Audacity, Cosmonauts, Destruction Unit, and some others, and since then, I've been trying to Craig Oliverhttps://plus.google.com/116986167535372825122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154975239900537839.post-15825453377544506942014-06-19T22:44:00.002-07:002014-06-21T12:43:34.391-07:00Susan - "Just Call It" debut 7" preorder and tour info!
Preorder Susan's "Just Call It" b/w "Frenchie" & "Pancake" on 100 copies each gold and green and 300 black at our webstore or over at Bandcamp:
Susan - "Just Call It" 7" EP by Susan
Stream "Just Call It" over here as well:
The official video for "Just Call It" by our old friend (and bass player Beth's old bandmate in Cowabunga Babes) Cassandra Lee Hamilton!
And so, our first release inCraig Oliverhttps://plus.google.com/116986167535372825122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154975239900537839.post-81479142969124507022014-02-23T15:59:00.002-08:002015-03-27T21:42:16.133-07:00Soft Riot News Update
Soft Riot - Fiction Prediction LP available for $10 at our webstore/bandcamp
Soft Riot - No Longer Stranger LP available for $8 at our webstore/bandcamp
Both LPs also available via Revolver/Midheaven mailorder, Rough Trade, Carrot Top, and X-Mist Germany.
Last year saw the release on Volar of Soft Riot's first LP, No Longer Stranger, an eight-song collection going back to the days Craig Oliverhttps://plus.google.com/116986167535372825122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154975239900537839.post-24645026694130004892013-12-10T22:28:00.001-08:002013-12-10T22:28:18.824-08:00Destruction Unit/Ryan Rousseau distro - Sonoran/Deep Trip/Void/Discover
It's been a crazy post-Mayan-apocalypse for Destruction Unit. After founding member Ryan Rousseau revived the act in late 2010 not long after the passing of his longtime friend and bandmate, Jay Reatard, with whom he cut his teeth alongside in the Reatards and who he started Destruction Unit with in its initial recordings as a more synth-punk act. The newly revamped version of D. Unit saw Ryan Craig Oliverhttps://plus.google.com/116986167535372825122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154975239900537839.post-32485392272251998742013-11-24T23:05:00.001-08:002013-11-24T23:09:14.484-08:00NEW Tropical Popsicle - Dawn of Delight LP
At long last, we've got the vinyl edition of San Diego goth/psych/garage pop act Tropical Popsicle's debut LP Dawn of Delight in our hands. After releasing the both the "Beach With No Footprints" and "Ghost Beacons" 7"s, as well as a couple of digital EPs floating around in the internet-ether, most of those tracks have been gathered to comprise this here long-player. You can order limited Craig Oliverhttps://plus.google.com/116986167535372825122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154975239900537839.post-84534749441961850172013-10-21T03:54:00.000-07:002013-10-21T16:48:25.126-07:00RE-PRESSES/TOURS: Destruction Unit, Audacity, Shannon and the Clams, Digital Leather, Lenguas Largas, CosmonautsAlrighty, it's been a while, so here's a massive update on all the re-presses and new titles in hand and shipping soon (if not already), as well as tour info when applicable.
First up, the limited clear at vinyl re-pressing of Destruction Unit's Sonoran LP, their 2011 release on Volar. Their first after Ryan Rousseau's reforming of the project after the passing of his friend and D. Unit Craig Oliverhttps://plus.google.com/116986167535372825122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154975239900537839.post-26314566990308188672013-08-04T20:31:00.000-07:002013-09-06T16:02:22.326-07:00TOURS GALORE: Shannon and the Clams, Destruction Unit, Cosmonauts, Audacity
Lots of exciting tour (and other) news out of the Volar camp. First up, those two images above? Destruction Unit have a great new LP (I've heard it, trust me), Deep Trip (order it here), due out on August 13th via our good friends over at Sacred Bones. So anyway, that first image is from Rolling Stone, who just include D. Unit in a short list of the best recent live bands in the Craig Oliverhttps://plus.google.com/116986167535372825122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154975239900537839.post-83563663468068954102013-06-27T14:33:00.000-07:002013-07-06T17:56:53.664-07:00Destruction Unit - Sonoran LP, Audacity "Ears and Eyes" 7", Digital Leather "Infinite Sun" 12" limited color repress
Destruction Unit - Sonoran LP LIMITED CLEAR VINYL - $10
It's been a pretty exciting last few years for both Destruction Unit. What began as a two-man synth-punk project involving Ryan Rousseau and Jay Reatard (who played together for years in the legendary Reatards) was resurrected after Jay's passing as a very kraut-y/synth-y project in live form, only to find its way as a full-on space/Craig Oliverhttps://plus.google.com/116986167535372825122noreply@blogger.com0